Jeff Riger: Interesting Day At The Ballpark
Monday at Comerica Park had just about everything a baseball fan could ask for going on.
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Monday at Comerica Park had just about everything a baseball fan could ask for going on.
Justin Verlander felt good, too good. Throwing as high as 100 mph in both his first and last innings, Verlander had trouble with his control.
The Tigers lost their seventh consecutive game Monday, 5-3 to the visiting Yankees, so they made a roster move after the game. Another move will have to be made Wednesday when Victor Martinez is eligible to come off the disabled list.
The Detroit Tigers optioned the contract of Will Rhymes to Triple-A Toledo after Monday's 5-3 loss to the New York Yankees and recalled Scott Sizemore from the Mud Hens.
The Tigers were tied late in the game but fell apart in the ninth and the New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 5-3 on Monday night.
New York Yankees Manager Joe Girardi talks about two days in our history he won't forget, Sept. 11 and May 1, the day when bin Laden was killed.
Victor Martinez is getting closer to returning to the Detroit Tigers lineup.
A year ago, Curtis Granderson had trouble staying in the New York Yankees' lineup. This season, he has emerged as a legitimate threat in an already potent batting order.
Alex Avila might be making up Jim Leyland's mind about what to do when DH/C Victor Martinez returns.
Detroit suffered its second three-game series sweep in a row when Cleveland pulled out a 5-4 victory following two walk-off wins.
The start of this season has been a mystery, not just for Tiger fans, but for other teams as well. The whole Baseball World has been turned upside down with the Cleveland Indians riding high in first place in the American League Central, after a weekend sweep of the Tigers
The Detroit Tigers fall to a Cleveland rally and lose to the Cleveland Indians 5-4 Sunday afternoon.
It took extra innings and an error by the Tigers for Cleveland to beat Detroit 3-2 on Saturday night.
Detroit has to be the only team in the league that entered play Friday with the top three hitters in its batting order fielding averages less than .200.
Carlos Santana hit a grand slam with one out in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a 9-5 win over the Detroit Tigers as the surging Indians extended their home winning streak to 11 games Friday night.
